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Principal Design Verification Engineer, H-1B salary

What 35 H-1B filings report for “Principal Design Verification Engineer” (LCA, FY20172026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.

What is the H-1B salary for a Principal Design Verification Engineer?

$180k median H-1B base salary for a Principal Design Verification Engineer, typically $151k to $229k, across 35 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).

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Entry-ish (p10)
$151k
10th percentile
Middle 50% (p25–p75)
$160k–$216k
interquartile range
Median base salary
$180,000
35 filings
Top (p90)
$229k
90th percentile
p10 $151k
median $180k
p90 $229k

Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*

Top-paying states

Median for this title · ≥20 filings

StateFilingsMedianvs US
  • 1California26$193k+$13k

Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $180kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.

Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Principal Design Verification Engineer?

The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Principal Design Verification Engineer roles are Microsoft and Astera Labs, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Principal Design Verification Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.

Top employers for this title

Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role

Related titles in this family

41 filings carry “Principal Design Verification Engineer” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.

Figures are for the exact title “Principal Design Verification Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.